Tanzania, Aug. 18 -- Dar es Salaam. The High Court's Dar es Salaam Sub-Registry will on Friday rule on whether opposition Chadema chairman Tundu Lissu has a case to answer in the treason trial against him, after the prosecution closed its case yesterday after calling 17 of the 30 witnesses it had listed.

Mr Lissu is facing one count of treason, arising from statements he allegedly made in connection with efforts to stop the 2025 General Election from taking place.

The prosecution alleges that on April 3, 2025, in Dar es Salaam, Mr Lissu incited the public to prevent the election by making and publishing statements urging the country's leadership to stop the polls.

The trial is being heard by a three-judge panel comprising Justices Duns...